Konoha: You're letting me build up my bonds, but you're offending the entire ninja world.

The only successful case of Root cooperating with Orochimaru, possessing the Wood Release: Bloodline Limit.

During the mission to assassinate the Hokage, he was persuaded by Kakashi's talk-no-jutsu, and then forcibly taken away by the Third Hokage and became his subordinate.

Gengetsu Shimura never considers right or wrong, only his stance.

From Kakashi and the Third Hokage's perspective, they were rescuing Yamato and freeing her from suffering.

From his and Danzo's perspective, however, this was blatant robbery; Hiruzen Sarutobi had stolen Root's precious experimental subjects.

Sensing the murderous aura emanating from him, cold sweat began to seep down Yamato's back...

Kakashi's gaze sharpened slightly, understanding why Shimura Gengetsu had such an attitude, and he couldn't help but speak up, "Captain Gengetsu..."

Did I give you permission to speak?

Although the boy was young, his cold glance still made Kakashi's words get stuck in his throat.

Strength, experience, and spirit.

So what if I'm young?

Shimura Gengetsu now possesses the aura of a powerful figure. Just as Kakashi was unable to move due to Orochimaru's killing intent several years later, he still faces Shimura Gengetsu with the same composure.

"Relax..." Xuan Yue patted Yamato on the shoulder. Because of the height difference, he even had to reach up, which looked a bit comical, but no one dared to laugh.

"I won't kill you now."

Gengetsu Shimura said softly, "Pray that you never make a mistake, otherwise, if you fall into my hands... it will be really hard to survive."

Seeing Yamato's slightly trembling body, Shimura Gengetsu smiled gently and walked towards the captain's office at the end of the stadium.

"The rest of you, disperse. Kakashi, come here."

Chapter 85: Raikiri, the Lightning Slayer; Izumi Loli Graduates

The decoration and furnishings in the battalion commander's office were very simple, with a large desk, an executive chair, and a sofa.

In the corner were rows of cabinets, displaying scrolls and various files.

“Go and get your own equipment, and while you’re at it, add some things to the room; it looks too cold and impersonal.”

Uzuki Yugao and Yuhi Kurenai nodded and left the office.

Gengetsu Shimura sat in the boss's chair, while Kakashi stood silently opposite him.

"Kakashi, can I command you now?"

Kakashi was silent for a moment, then nodded. "You're the captain, and I'm just a squad leader. Of course, I can."

"But regarding Yamato's matter... I still hope you won't blame him. It was I who brought him out of Root and into the Anbu. We were both doing our part for Konoha, so there's no difference."

“Yes, there’s no difference.” Shimura Gengetsu nodded, then asked in return, “Then what’s the difference between Root and Anbu?”

Kakashi was speechless for a moment.

What could he say?

Should he say in front of Shimura Gengetsu that his grandfather was too extreme and too dark, and that a wood-style ninja like Yamato should follow the Third Hokage instead of Danzo?

If he actually did say it, then forget about pleading for Yamato, he himself would have a hard time leaving this office.

"okay."

Gengetsu Shimura waved his hand, "I didn't call you here to talk about Jia, and you don't need to worry that I will take action against him."

Kakashi had just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Shimura Gengetsu continue talking to himself:

"But if he makes a mistake or fails in carrying out the mission, can I then legitimately get rid of him?"

"......"

Cold sweat dripped from Kakashi's forehead. He decided to go back and have a serious talk with Yamato, urging him to be extra careful with every mission.

Otherwise, it could very well become his last mission record.

"Let's get down to business."

Shimura Gengetsu ignored Kakashi's reaction, took out a carton of milk from his ninja tool bag and drank it. "I asked you to come here because I want to learn your signature ninjutsu, Chidori."

"No, I heard that you once used this move to cut through lightning. Now it should be called Raikiri."

That's a rumor.

Kakashi sighed, "It's just that I happened to be training that day when a bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, and Guy saw it. I don't know how it got spread like this."

"However... Raikiri and Chidori are indeed different."

“The chakra of Raikiri is more condensed, and the requirements for nature transformation are higher, reaching the S-rank difficulty. Chidori, on the other hand, emphasizes speed more and is easier to train.”

“That’s not too far off.” Shimura Gengetsu nodded. “Teach me.”

The hand seals for Raikiri or Chidori only have three seals, which seem simple, but the difficulty of this technique lies in the extreme nature transformation of chakra and the activation of cells in the body using lightning attribute.

While Shimura Gengetsu could certainly use his talent to forcibly research it, it would definitely take a lot of time.

It would be better to let Kakashi teach him directly, which would save a lot of time for him to study other ninjutsu.

"This..." Kakashi frowned, hesitating.

This was his signature ninjutsu; no one in the village except him had ever learned it, and it wasn't even recorded in the Book of Seals.

He was still unwilling to suddenly teach it to someone else.

Especially his relationship with Shimura Gengetsu... it's not just that, there's a subtle antagonism between them.

"You can't bear to part with it?" Shimura Gengetsu could see his hesitation. "I can trade with you. I can teach you any ninjutsu you want to learn, anything from the sealing scrolls."

"However, the class time must be equal. You teach me for as long as I teach you."

"Ok?"

Kakashi was intrigued by this.

Because he actually wanted to learn a ninjutsu technique.

"Um... Flying Thunder God Technique works too?"

Ok?

Gengetsu Shimura looked up. "You want to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique?"

"of course."

Kakashi nodded. "My teacher taught me back then, but at that time... he was busy, and I was busy too. I only got a basic understanding of the theory, and then..."

Recalling that time, losing two teammates and a teacher in succession, Kakashi's expression turned somber.

"No problem, I can teach you if you want to learn."

Gengetsu Shimura readily agreed.

He didn't know if Kakashi could learn it, but even if he did, he wouldn't reach the level of him and Minato Namikaze.

First of all, Kakashi's chakra reserves are too low. Minato Namikaze always said that he had little chakra, but that was relative to Kage-level powerhouses. It was barely enough to activate Sage Mode.

Even at his peak, Kakashi couldn't compare to Minato Namikaze, not to mention the Sharingan, which is a huge drain on chakra.

Secondly... Flying Thunder God doesn't come without talent requirements; the caster's neural reaction speed and dynamic vision must be able to keep up.

Without the Sharingan, his nerve reaction speed couldn't keep up with the Flying Thunder God Technique's spatial teleportation. With the Sharingan, the more times he teleported, the more likely Kakashi would be defeated without the enemy even having to make a move.

They pose absolutely no threat to him.

"Then let's start tomorrow. We'll go to the Death Forest tomorrow afternoon. It's quiet there and there's plenty of space."

"Okay." Kakashi nodded.

"You're done here, get out."

After spending a day, Shimura Gengetsu sorted out the main tasks of the Third Battalion of the Anbu.

Um... to be precise, it was Yuhi Kurenai who sorted things out.

The third brigade, one of the four battalions of the Dark Guard, is mainly responsible for the defense of the village and also oversees two barrier squads.

In addition, they also perform intelligence missions and security duties for escorting important personnel.

Among the various secret service teams, they have relatively broad authority. The team members are all versatile and often act as firefighters, filling in for other secret service teams when they are short-handed.

Sure enough, after becoming an official, the life of a beast of burden was gone.

Most tasks can be delegated to the smaller teams below him; unless it's a particularly difficult task, he won't need to handle it at all.

And clerical work...

"Hong, from now on you'll be the deputy captain." Shimura Gengetsu placed all the documents on the newly moved-in desk.

"All you do is slack off," Hong complained irritably, but she didn't refuse.

She always felt that she was too weak and had never been able to help Shimura Gengetsu in any way. Now that she finally had a chance to use her skills, she was even a little happy.

"What about me?" Uzuki Yugao asked timidly.

Shimura Gengetsu thought for a moment and said, "You can help Hong in your spare time, or you can practice swordsmanship. If there are any suitable missions, pick one out and we can go out and carry them out together, just to relax."

"I will definitely work hard," the purple-haired girl promised earnestly.